Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-02-05

Mr.. Jaw Gould arrived in New Yorl ds
on Sunday last after au absence of thre,
weeks spent in a thorough inspectlold
of tine southwestern railroads. He saitt
to n Tribune reporter. Il have beer 4
through fourteen states since l LEI
Mr.. Clark, who toek-Hoxie ,so,
place, has 10 been owe some of tn to
lines in Texas and part of thestrip wand
for his benefit. Everywhere il
the west we found confidence and prosaoo
perity the rule among the bushes. 4
men. There is something very nearl. me
approaching a business boomsat tn
west and the talk among all Glasses 1 tn
confident and courageous. The movelge
ment of merchandise on theb Missouri D
Pacific is extremely large. have e.,
dispatch from Clark, in whiohsa given !
the movement of freight fFSins ontl
Saturday and yesterday. Saturday it's
comprised 459 freight trainI'aa13ff' z 1885,
cars, an increase of 220 trains anda'
3,54U loads, compared with, Tho same :.
time last year, and yesterday there wereu
moved 4l6 freight trains e~Sntaining:i
6,422 loads, an increase of lsa trains, I'll
or 2,41O loads, over the Same day last
wear. Our business is i~neessslng in
about that proportion right GlotsG aand
the fact proves better perhaps than
anything I can say of the hopeful feel
ing throughout the west. As to the in
er-state commerce bill the people hope
to derive great advantage from it. 1t
is a rather curious fact that the people |
who will be likely to suffer most from
the practical operations of the measure
are much lore heartily in favor Of it
than the people Of the east. know little
about the probable action OF the presi-
dent, but l should think the chances
about even that the president might
sign or veto It. 1t would make him
very popular with some classes if he
should send out a ringing message in
objection to the bill. There will be
some advantage derived from the Law
If the railroads will live strictly up to
its letter. 1t will be shown how utter
" inadequate such legislation is. If the
railroad companies will closely follow
the law, it will he repealed within six
months. If they do not, but try TO
evade it each fer himself, well it will
be somebody to catch the hindnost."
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The Dispatch of February 2,
had this editorial paragraph:-''It is
really quite interesting to see the leg
islature of Missouri asking the railroad
managers for permission to enforce the
state constitution, and to see the una
nimity with which the railroad man.
ayers decline to grant any such permits
sion.' Now, what is the sense of a
paragraph like that? 1t is untrue, un-
manly and unfair. 1t is not decent
journalism. There are the Legislators
of the state hard at work diligently
trying to perfect the best railroad leg
i~slation they a for the people; using
all means to arrive at a knowledge OF
what they are doing and at fair con.
clusions, and here is a metropolitan
newspaper, great at least in Its circu.
lation, because no doubt it has orders
to be pessimistic, OF because its editor
Is dyspeptic, accusing them wrongfully,
So far as we can see the committees
on internal improvements of the two
houses are doing admirably. The,
have now got their facts before them,
and quite as quickly too, as was to be
expected, and we have no manner o.
doubt that they will proceed as rapid!
as possible toward perfectlng a proper
bill. No newspaper can be truly grea,
that does not tell the truth and for
swear the mulhgrubs.
, The Wood local option bill was re
r ported, last Monday, by the committed
on criminal jurisprudence with severa
amendments. The majority of tn
j.. committee were favorable to the pas
} sage of the bill. The amendment
2 were adopted and the bill ordered en-
crossed. One Of the amendments re
t quires that counties shall not vote upol
the question of adopting local optiol
prior TO sixty days of any general cleo
8 ton, another gives the Inhabitants Q
any Incorporated town or city of $50
, population, or more, the privilege G
i deciding the question for themselves
without regard to the county vote. Th
a other amendments simply 60 10 perfec
Y the bill. Under the bill as it went t
engrossmeDt the question of local optic
rs cannot be submitted ottener than ono
in every foul years. The bill is tn
e best thing that real prohibitionists ca
ask, as 1t makes it practicable, every
1t where that there is q public sentimen
le to enforce the law, to abolish II
ID saloon. 1t passed the senate Q
y Wednesday bya vote of p to 3.
" ThePhiladelphia Record says:-''Po'
ID Mr.. Randall. His republican maste
n. permit him to be a congressman, b
4 the load he must carry to repay the
a puts him at a terrible ~disadvantag
Ia When the demand of the country 70 {
bt cheaper salt, wool, coal, iron, to-
and imported food products, h
bs obliged to offer instead, cheaper Appl
i'll jack, tobacco and hogs bristles!
~ this dimension ia our Samuel reduced
~, A Card of Thanks.
OF EDITOR INTELLIaENCER Please peri
m met to express. through your columns, Z
#. unbounded gratitude to the good people